Three Pfizer Inc chemists win Heroes award for epilepsy treatment for children, adults
...proving children's health and wellness by creating commercial products based on chemistry....Three Merck chemists win Heroes of Chemistry award for major asthma treatment advance
...proving children's health and wellness by creating commercial products based on chemistry....Wyeth chemists honored for Prevnar first combined pneumococcal vaccine for infants
...mproved children's health and wellness by creating commercial products based on chemistry. The Wyeth Pharmaceuticals award winners: Steven H. Doares, Ph.D. , is associate director, bacterial vaccine development department. He received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Georgia in 1990 Ronald J. Eb...First human tests under way of HIV vaccine pioneered at UNC
...rham-based biotechnology spinoff of UNC, holds the commercial license for the VEE technology from the university and contributed to the design and manufactured the trial vaccine. "It's very rare that a basic scientist gets to see something go from a concept to an actual biological product that can be tried in h...Why do patients choose not to donate tissue?
...ation, donating surgically removed human tissue to commercial research is not a contentious issue, finds a study...sent, surplus tissue is collected and supplied for commercial research. Researchers reviewed 3,140 interviews and recorded reasons why patients refused to donate ...July/August 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...itiation or duration of breastfeeding. The use of commercial discharge packets, which often contain samples and coupons for formula, was shown to significantly reduce exclusive breastfeeding....Innovative Canadian companies receive funding to improve air quality
...wer through this study, is to assess the potential commercial viability of this technology. ARC has developed sp...ical process. Our ability to facilitate testing at commercial pressures, temperatures and operating parameters - real world applications that run on a 24/7 basis ...Is there a way to derail the children's 'Allergy March'?
...his is not surprising, given hidden ingredients in commercial foods, the presence of preservatives and stabilizers, as well as artificial colors and flavors and the early introduction of solid foods to infants. The symptoms are intense itching and skin cutaneous reactivity, and a spreading of rash-like sympt...Taking control: Lab testing you order for yourself
...onship of how patients receive their services from commercial laboratories. Heretofore, these laboratories have operated on a business-to-business level with hospitals, clinics and physician clients. With DAT, laboratories do business directly with customers. DAT is a retail business. Results Direct: An Examp...Preventing stray chemicals in food, pharmaceutical and industrial products
...ble their chemical measurements are. As of 2002, a commercial software system is available to help chemists everywhere. It can assess the accuracy of the percentage contents listings of their products, or the risk of pesticide contamination in food and medicines. Matthias Rsslein of Swiss-based project leader, ...Physics and medicine in San Diego
...xibility are important considerations. Currently, commercial positioners are mostly attached to the ground and provide only one or two rotations around a vertical axis and three mutually perpendicular translational motions. The accuracy is about 1-2 millimeters. Now, medical physicists at the Loma Linda Univ...Physicians not 'easy marks' for drug sales reps, argues O.R. study
... years; and they have achieved different levels of commercial success their annual sales range from under $.5 billion to over $1 billion. In total, the data represent over 4 million interactions between physicians and pharmaceutical sales representatives. For each of the drugs in the study the authors used st...New method for manufacturing compound has potential for cancer treatment
...evelop innovative methods and inventions with good commercial potential which have benefited or will benefit the university and society....Racial, economic disparities seen in kids' vision care
...services. "Medicaid covers more eye care than many commercial insurance plans, including glasses and even replacement glasses," he notes. Among children whose family income was less than twice the federal poverty level, children with public health insurance such as Medicaid were actually more likely to have se...Competition among Medicare health plans not a cure-all
...ice also suffered from the same market backlash as commercial managed care. As a result, in 2002 there were fewer Medicare+Choice enrollees than when the Balanced Budget Act passed. The expansions to rural areas, meanwhile, never materialized. Gold writes that the lessons from the Medicare+Choice experience sh...For markets of the future, success depends on advanced materials
... unique properties of these materials, promise new commercial opportunities. Adds Savitry, "The expanding market for biodegradable polymers - especially in the medical and pharmaceutical industries - is only restrained by relatively high production costs." Research laboratories are attempting to make these su......gy rapidly to the Fleet, the Force, and the larger commercial world," says Susan L. Bales, ONR's Commercial Tech...siders "venture initiatives"--spin-outs to promote commercial uses for Naval intellectual property and spin-ins to bring commercial technology to the Navy and Mar...An automated observation system to analyse the behaviour of laboratory rodents
...ing prototype, and eventually to a very successful commercial product," he says. "The 'seal of technological excellence' that comes with the EUREKA status has also been very helpful in our initial marketing efforts. Without the support from EUREKA this probably would not have happened." Project partner Utrecht ...Surface treatments could make ready-to-eat products safer
...archers inoculated frankfurters manufactured under commercial processing with a four-strain L. monocytogenes "cocktail," which contained 10 million microorganisms per gram. You wouldnt expect to find levels that high. Its a worst-case scenario, so if youre going to get protection, you should get it at this ...Fluorine chemists take their expertise to the sunshine state
...and specialized branch of chemistry with important commercial applications in areas such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, plastics and polymers, and refrigerants. Members of the division promote their interest in fluorine and its positive impact on society by organizing technical conferences and sponsoring r...